Politics
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WTF Bob Special
Hallo Readers, This week saw the sudden death of Bob Crow, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers at the appallingly young age of 52. Bob was exactly the sort of trade unionist that the Daily Mail hated more than… Continue reading
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WTF Bumper Oscars Special
Hallo Readers, This is a bumper edition of WTF to mark the Oscars on Sunday, so It’s Got To Go has had to go but we need to discuss Tony Blair who, like the spider you push down the plughole but keeps popping its… Continue reading
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WTF Life Of PIE Special
Hallo Readers, Harriet Harman MP is Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and a former Legal Officer of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) between 1978 and 1982. She met her husband Jack Dromey there and he too is a… Continue reading
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WTF Man Overboard Special
Hallo Readers, The Lord ordered Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell its citizens that on account of their drinking and whoring and generally behaving in an unsatisfactory manner, they were due for much smiting and other bad occurrences unless they changed their ways. Jonah,… Continue reading
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WTF Awards Galore Special
Hallo Readers, It has been quite a week for the Liberal Democrats, the party led with all the authority of Mickey Mouse by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg following a QC’s report into its former CEO, Lord Rennard, who was accused… Continue reading
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WTF Quenelle Special
Hallo Readers and Happy New Year, Even if you are football-averse, you will have heard about Frenchman Nicholas Anelka and his “quenelle” gesture after he scored for West Bromwich Albion against West Ham on 28 December. The quenelle is an inverted Nazi… Continue reading
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WTF Selfie Special
Hallo Readers, The Nelson Mandela coverage goes on and on. Mandela was a great man who changed South Africa, embodying courage, decency and forgiveness and whilst there are few people in WTF’s lifetime who can be accorded the title World … Continue reading
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WTF Men Behaving Badly Special
Hallo Readers, This week brought us International Men’s Day. WTF has no idea what sort of jock-strap activities are countenanced by International Men’s Day but whatever they are, they could not top the recent goings-on of two portly middle aged… Continue reading
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WTF F-Word (No, Not That one) Special
Hallo Readers, There was a debate on Newsnight on Tuesday (catch it on i-Player) in which actress Natascha McElhone and academic Mary Beard debated feminism with journalist Angela Epstein. Natascha pointed out that misogyny is now more insidious than ever, particularly… Continue reading